Chapter 362 Gu Family Secret Room

"This is the Gu family's secret room."

A calm voice sounded in her ears. Yan Li opened her eyes and slowly adapted to the darkness around her: "Why is she in the secret room?"

Is Prime Minister Gu so stupid? It's not easy to hide in other places, so he hid her in the secret room right away?

"The disappearance of the master has alarmed the palace. The emperor strictly ordered Ye Qi to lead the imperial guards to search the whole city, and the princes and officials' residences must also be searched. Prime Minister Gu was worried that it was not safe to hide the master in the deserted yard, so he arranged to send her to the secret room."

Yan Li hummed, not surprised: "Was Ling Ning sent back safely?"

"Yes." Tian Shu replied, "They originally wanted to kill Miss Ling to silence her and destroy the marriage between King Jing and Miss Ling. I had to show up and rescued Miss Ling and sent her back to the Protector of the Country Mansion."

Yan Li was silent. Being kidnapped tonight was expected. As long as she didn't drag Ling Ning down, it would be fine.

However, when Tianshu took action, those men in black knew that they were protected by someone. Even if they thought it was someone from the Huguogong Mansion, with Prime Minister Gu's vigilance, he would probably take action tonight.

Yan Li stood up and groped the wall in the dark: "How many secret rooms are there in the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

"There is only this one, but it is just six secret rooms connected." Tianshu replied, "The secret room in the Prime Minister's Mansion is very large, with a secret passage. The innermost room contains the proceeds of Prime Minister Gu's corruption over the years, as well as a list of all the officials he has interacted with, as well as the handles and secrets of those officials."

In the dark, Yan Li's mouth curled up with a sarcastic arc, "He is really brave. He arranged the captured hostages here. Does he really think I can't open his secret passage?"

Tianshu didn't say anything.

Since he had figured out everything in the secret room, he naturally went in to see it, so the secret passage was useless to them.

But Yan Li could understand Prime Minister Gu's arrangement.

After all, compared with the danger of the secret passage being discovered, the current Royal Guards searching for Yan Li's whereabouts is obviously more dangerous.

Once it was discovered that it was Prime Minister Gu who captured the Ninth Princess, he would not be able to explain to the emperor.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the secret room.

Yan Li walked to the corner of the secret room and stood there, not saying anything else, quietly listening to the noise outside.

"Under here?" The middle-aged woman's voice sounded.

"Yes, Madam."

"Is she awake?"

"Probably not yet." The man's voice answered, "The dosage of the medicine I used is not small, and most men will sleep until the next morning."

"Put down the incense and give her a little more dosage." The middle-aged woman ordered, with a cold murderous aura in her voice, "After half an hour, quietly take her out and send her to the Xianwang Mansion."

"Yes."

Yan Li frowned, send her to the Xianwang Mansion?

As expected of the cunning Prime Minister, he didn't even show his face in a critical moment, and wanted to send her directly to the Xianwang Mansion, let the Xianwang take the crime of kidnapping, and completely put them to death?

But Yan Li would not let him do as he wished.

"Tianxuan." She ordered calmly, "Leave the Prime Minister's Mansion immediately and go to the Prince Jing's Mansion to tell Prince Jing that the mastermind behind the kidnapping of Princess Nanyang was Prime Minister Gu, and that the assassins sent by Prime Minister Gu had intended to kill Ling Ning to silence her."

"Yes." Someone in the dark responded respectfully and left the secret room quietly like a ghost.

"Tianji." Yan Li's voice became colder and colder, "No matter how many people come in later, kill them all."

"Yes."

"Tianshu."

"Tianheng, you go and keep an eye on Prime Minister Gu, and hold him back before the Imperial Guards enter the mansion. Don't let him get close to here."

"Yes."

Yan Li stood in the corner with her eyes closed. There was a window slightly larger than the mouth of a bowl directly above her, which could only allow a cat to escape.

At this time, a little light flowed out of the window, which should be the light lit by someone outside the secret room.

Yan Li closed her eyes slightly and noticed that someone was walking towards the secret room. There were not many people, and judging from the footsteps, they were not peerless masters, at most a little more neat than ordinary people.

So she opened her eyes and ordered: "Tianshu, open the secret passage mechanism, and let's go into the secret room inside."

"Yes."

After a period of silence, the footsteps outside were getting closer and closer, and then a low rumble sounded, and the stone door of the secret room was opened from the outside.

When the light shone in, a figure flashed by, accompanied by a few subtle groans, and six figures fell to the ground in succession.

Yan Li didn't even look at the people lying on the ground. After Tianshu opened a secret door, he turned around and walked in.

The corridor was narrow and dim.

The faint light guided the direction, and Yan Li and Tianshu slowly went to the most shameful secret room in the Xiangfu...